Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gibbered and choked over an appeal for mercy . |
| 2 | Can I say that as part of the budget discussions , this year and last year , the labour group went over all the services that the City Council provides with a fine tooth comb and argued out the case for all the spending that we then put forward in our budget . |
| 3 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 4 | She does high-impact classes 2-4 times a month , dabbles in Callanetics and swam once a week for a month . |
| 5 | He stood , and with a great sweep of his hand , bowed , said ‘ servus ’ , and drew out a chair for his lady guest . |
| 6 | This pantomime aroused the defenders and showed clearly the need for better ship-to-shore communications . |
| 7 | Mrs Lark said ‘ goodbye ’ and locked up the piano for another week . |
| 8 | We were a little disappointed — or at least I was — with David because he was n't in a dress and he was n't nearly as crazy as we thought he would be , but nevertheless , we liked his music a lot and he introduced us from the audience and Cherry Vanilla stood up and popped out a tit for the other 20 people , and David said that we were doing Pork . |
| 9 | We also hired a speedboat in Ipsos and powered up the coast for a beautiful view . |
| 10 | O'Connor was in his shirt-sleeves ; he rapidly assumed his jacket and pulled out a chair for her , first wiping it with a none too clean handkerchief . |
| 11 | Sophie welcomed her warmly and pulled out a chair for the plastered leg to stretch out on , and soon they were joined by Helen . |
| 12 | At yesterday 's launch of Brook 's Impressions de Pelleas , his reworking of Debussy 's opera , Robert Palmer , Glasgow 's director of performing arts , introduced Brook as ‘ one who had brought to the Tramway the hallmark of excellence and established there a benchmark for others ’ achievement . ’ |
| 13 | Earl Robert stood tranquilly where he was , and bowed away the necessity for any such confirmation . |
| 14 | She 'd been wearing it to the office that morning and put on an overall for the art class in the afternoon . |
| 15 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
| 16 | ‘ The housing market has gone into depression and dragged down the market for consumer durables too but money could be earmarked by the Chancellor to improve existing housing stock , ’ he said . |
| 17 | I have the Machine Knitting Stitches book and punched out a card for ‘ lace carriages that transfer and knit ’ ( No 1x23 , page 84 ) . |
| 18 | Uproar on Jan. 2 followed the revelation that the Minister for Law and Justice , Subramanian Swamy , had threatened the arrest of the Speaker , Rabi Ray , unless he accepted a High Court decision and extended indefinitely the deadline for the response of the JD(S) members to the disqualification proceedings . |
| 19 | With 800–900 of Switzerland 's 2300 professors due to retire before the end of the decade , the Swiss have taken a leaf out of Britain 's book and set up a scheme for appointing ‘ new blood ’ assistant professors at the rate of 300 in each of the next two four-year planning periods . |
| 20 | As soon as the Shivah days of deep mourning were over , Mrs Neumann converted her small front parlour into a shop selling basic foodstuffs and domestic items and set up a camp-bed for herself in a corner of the kitchen by the range so as to rent out the two attic rooms to lodgers . |
| 21 | That those responsible for the choice of music in our churches take account of the varying tastes and preferences of their congregations and set up a system for congregational feedback ( 526–527 ) . |
| 22 | The Warnock Report ( 1978 ) put under-fives high on the educational agenda and set out a blueprint for assessment of needs ; notification by one statutory service to others ( in particular an obligation on DHAs to notify to LEAs , cf 1981 Education Act , Section 10 ) ; liaison between services and with parents ; key personnel ( e.g. its recommendations for ‘ named person ’ ) . |
| 23 | In it they state their belief in motivation through the design of work and set out a model for good job design which is reproduced in Figure 3.1 . |
| 24 | The first step will come next week when Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , uses the Conservative Party conference at Blackpool to reaffirm his commitment to changing the NHS and set out a justification for the forthcoming legislation . |
| 25 | She has painstakingly cooked , boned and chopped up every morsel for her fusspot . |
| 26 | He smiled at her , told her to sit herself down , and held out a hand for Undry . |
| 27 | She drank her tea and held out the cup for one of the under-maids to fill . |
| 28 | He threw back the brandy and held out the glass for more . |